The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate
accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in heterogeneous patient …

Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport is considered to be one of the most accurate
methods of radiation therapy dose calculation. With the rapid development of computer …

For commissioning a linear accelerator for clinical use, medical physicists are faced with
many challenges including the need for precision, a variety of testing methods, data …

DOSXYZnrc is an EGSnrc-based Monte Carlo simulation code for calculating dose
distributions in a rectilinear voxel phantom and is based directly on the DOSXYZ code …

A history by history method for estimating uncertainties has been implemented in the
beamnrc and dosxyznrc codes replacing the method of statistical batches. This method …

Abstract The Monte Carlo code PENELOPE has been used to simulate electron beams from
a Siemens Mevatron KDS linac with nominal energies of 6, 12 and 18 MeV. Owing to its …

The purpose of this study was to implement the Monte Carlo method for clinical radiotherapy
dose calculations. We used the EGS4/BEAM code to obtain the phase‐space data for 6–20 …

Dose calculation plays an important role in the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning
and beam delivery. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is capable of achieving the highest …

The purpose of this study is to provide detailed characteristics of incident photon beams for
different field sizes and beam energies. This information is critical to the future development …

Abstract The Monte Carlo method enables accurate dose calculation for radiation therapy
treatment planning and has been implemented in some commercial treatment planning …